Cervicitis is a common disease of the cervix and its lower sections protruding into the vagina. It has an infectious nature and, due to the characteristics of the course, often remains untreated. Such a situation, of course, can lead to the most serious consequences. Today we look at the causes of the disease and the symptoms.
Cervicitis: causes
Half of women of childbearing age suffer this ailment at least once in a lifetime. Most often at risk are young women who lead an active sex life.
The causes of this disease are mainly vaginal infections. Venereal diseases are frequent among them: chlamydia, gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, etc. No less dangerous is the herpes virus or human papilloma, as well as candidiasis.
If three factors are brought together: early sexual life, changing partners and infectious diseases of the genitourinary system, then the risk of cervicitis in an individual woman increases significantly.
True, cases of the disease are also recorded as a result of allergic or mechanical irritation of the cervix, which makes it vulnerable to infection.
Symptoms of Cervicitis
As a rule, a mild form of the disease has practically no symptoms. Such can only be vaginal discharge, which becomes most pronounced after menstruation.
The appearance of itching and irritation in the genital area, pain during intercourse, burning at the time of urination and spotting are the most obvious signs of this disease.
Purulent cervicitis occupies a special place, which is accompanied by abundant greenish secretions, which have a very unpleasant smell, as well as pains in the lower abdomen and lower back. Other signs of intoxication are manifested: fever, dizziness, nausea and even vomiting may occur. Most often, this type of disease occurs against the background of gonorrhea.
Chronic cervicitis: causes and symptoms
In the case of an asymptomatic course of the disease or its inadequate treatment, the disease can turn into a chronic form, which is very difficult to deal with.
The fact that your disease has become chronic will be prompted by constant cloudy discharge and persisting soreness at the time of sex or urination. Genital edema and itching are significantly reduced, but they do not pass to the end.
How to diagnose cervicitis? Reasons for a "trip" to the gynecologist
From the above, you already realized that it is not worth waiting for bright signs of the disease (especially since they may not appear). Just a few of the symptoms listed above are enough to suspect something is wrong. And the most reasonable is a regular examination by a doctor to identify the disease and prescribe timely, and therefore most effective treatment.
Untreated cervicitis entails complications during pregnancy, infertility, ectopic pregnancy, spontaneous abortion,
cervical cancer and other serious pathologies. This disease cannot be ignored!
Cervicitis treatment
Depending on the type of infection, specific therapy using antibiotics or antiviral drugs is required. Local douching is also prescribed. In the case of a chronic course, a course of immunostimulation is preliminarily carried out.
It is not enough to establish a diagnosis of “cervicitis”: the causes of its occurrence, specified by doctors, will tell them the choice of medicines and the most successful methods of treatment. Be healthy!